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Keeping our brains active throughout life promotes cognitive reserve and resilience, which can help during times of stress, ...

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in ...

Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier ...

It’s a key feature of a school nativity play, but what’s the science behind the Star of Bethlehem? Also known as the Christmas Star, the Star of Bethlehem appears in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew. The ...

Fault Lines: Imagining Indigenous futures for colonial collections examines interactions between Indigenous communities and colonial institutions in this vast and culturally diverse region. The ...

The response to the last locust upsurge was very ad-hoc, and less efficient than it could have been. We’ve created a comprehensive model that can be used next time to control this devastating pest.

The task of ensuring affordable access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for all is one of the major challenges of the 21st century.

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This office is a little different. Stevie Wonder’s psychedelic shades bounce light at you from a Rolling Stone cover on the wall. Next to him is a framed jigsaw of Patron Lab members, whose smiles ...